1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Fire
(Complete Item Description)
- Abstract:
The documents selected for this exhibit are primary sources that historians and other researchers study when they write about historical events. They are a selection from the files created or received by Federal agencies in or near San Francisco at the time of the disaster. They contain eyewitness testimony of the damage of the earthquake, the ensuing fires, and the desolation that was left in their wake.
- Subject:
- Humanities, Social Sciences
- Grade Level:
- Primary, Secondary, Post-secondary
- Collection:
- National Archives and Records Administration